Skandapurana 14.64.3_35

14.64.3_35

34 mahattvākāṃkṣayā brahmaviṣṇvoḥ parasparaṃ kalahāyamānayoryudhyatośca madhya ekasyānādyantasya liṃgasyotpattivarṇanam, tata ākāśavāṇyā tayoryuddhaparāvartanaṃ kārayitvā 'yo liṃgāntaṃ paśyetsa mahān ' iti paṇakathanam, tatra brahmaṇā śivasaṃnidhau mithyā liṃgordhvaparyantadarśanavṛttakathanācchivena brahmaṇe'pūjyatvaprāpakaśāpadānama, tathaiva brahmaṇo mithyāsākṣyaṃ dātuṃ pravṛttasya ketakasyāpi śāpadānam, tato viṣṇave śaṃkareṇa varapradānam, kṛṣṇatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam..... .... 260 2

34. While Brahmā and Viṣṇu were quarreling and fighting with each other out of a desire for greatness, the description of the emergence of a single liṅga without beginning or end between them; then, causing them to cease from fighting through a voice from the sky, the declaration of the wager: "He who sees the end of the liṅga is the greater"; there, because Brahmā falsely related the account of seeing the upper limit of the liṅga in the presence of Śiva, Śiva's bestowal of a curse bringing unworthiness of worship upon Brahmā; likewise, the curse upon the ketaka plant that stepped forward to give false testimony for Brahmā; then the granting of a boon to Viṣṇu by Śaṃkara; description of the māhātmya of Kṛṣṇatīrtha ... 260 2